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Remember the show when Monty…It was the end of one of the Let's Make A Deal shows and Monty Hall, the host, asked a woman in a Geisha girl costume, "I'll give you $200 if you have any Japanese money on you." She didn't.Monty then went over to a guy dressed in a sailor suit and said, "If you have a bosun's whistle on you I'll give you $200." He did not.So he found a woman holding a doll feeding her a baby's bottle. "I took the baby's bottle away from her," said Monty, "and I said to her, 'Show me another nipple and I'll give you $200!'" The audience went crazy. "I didn't mean that one!" Monty said compounding the issue. Now the audience was rolling in the aisles. And that's how they went off the air that day.It was the only time in 23 years of "Let's Make A Deal" that Monty turned beet-red. Monty Hall, the man who revolutionized day-time television and became game show's first super-star was totally embarrassed.Most of us remember Monty Hall as the glib, handsome, personable emcee of game shows. There is so much more to the man. So much more. And it's all told in the form of stories from those who knew him best. His children, his cousin, his co-workers, his friends.If you thought you knew him, wait till you read "Remembering Monty Hall". Like we said, there's so much more to the man.

Remember the show when Monty…It was the end of one of the Let's Make A Deal shows and Monty Hall, the host, asked a woman in a Geisha girl costume, "I'll give you $200 if you have any Japanese money on you." She didn't.Monty then went over to a guy dressed in a sailor suit and said, "If you have a bosun's whistle on you I'll give you $200." He did not.So he found a woman holding a doll feeding her a baby's bottle. "I took the baby's bottle away from her," said Monty, "and I said to her, 'Show me another nipple and I'll give you $200!'" The audience went crazy. "I didn't mean that one!" Monty said compounding the issue. Now the audience was rolling in the aisles. And that's how they went off the air that day.It was the only time in 23 years of "Let's Make A Deal" that Monty turned beet-red. Monty Hall, the man who revolutionized day-time television and became game show's first super-star was totally embarrassed.Most of us remember Monty Hall as the glib, handsome, personable emcee of game shows. There is so much more to the man. So much more. And it's all told in the form of stories from those who knew him best. His children, his cousin, his co-workers, his friends.If you thought you knew him, wait till you read "Remembering Monty Hall". Like we said, there's so much more to the man.

ISN'T THAT WHAT'S-HIS-NAME?! Maybe you remember him as a regular on two of the longest running sitcoms on television. On ALICE he played Henry Beesmeyer, the telephone repairman who hung out at Mel's Diner. And before that as Alfred Prinzmetal, an aspiring poet, on the sitcom MEET MILLIE. Or more recently as Mr. Gordon, the long-suffering patient, on the sitcom BECKER starring Ted Danson. And who can forget that voice of the flamboyant Choo Choo on the primetime cartoon series TOP CAT. Maybe you saw Jonathan Winters throw him out of a window in MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD. Or laughed at his character in THE GREAT RACE starring Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. Or A NEW KIND OF LOVE as Paul Newman's sidekick. He was called a scene-stealer in his first movie ADAM'S RIB playing a court stenographer opposite Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. His filmography (included in this book) comprises dozens of television, theater, and film credits. You know who I'm talking about. Had a distinctive, whining, deadpan Brooklyn accent, wore thick round eyeglasses with those bushy eyebrows. What's-his-name?! Marvin Kaplan. Undeniably the most beloved character actor in all of Hollywood. This is his story.

From Marilyn to Streisand and All the Celebs In-Between "Before you can get someone to read your screenplay you have to know how to write it. Ken Rotcop is the master at teaching writers how to tell a story."Oprah Winfrey, the Oprah Winfrey Show"Forget about snappy dialogue, characterization and plot. It's the pitch that gets a script read and a movie deal done. If it were not for Ken Rotcop, most new writers would be out of the loop." John Lippman, Wall Street Journal"Two-thirds of the earth's surface is covered with water and the other third is covered with people who have fabulous ideas for shows if only a producer would give them an opportunity. Ken Rotcop, an award-winning writer and producer, provides a guiding light to this group."Robert Siegel, All things Considered, National Public Radio"Mr. Rotcop was the single most influential person I'd met in the early years of my career. He gave me the courage to go after my dream. He is an industry legend."Andrea Leigh Wolf, author, Sell Your Screenplay"I first met Ken Rotcop years ago when I was a panelist on a game show and he was the writer. His books are filled with terrific stories and funny anecdotes. The boy can write!"Rose Marie, star of The Dick Van Dyke Show"Having toured the country and lectured with him, I can honestly say no one can captivate an audience as Ken Rotcop. His stories and his humor keep the audiences clamoring for more."Doug Schwartz, creator/producer/director, Baywatch TV series and feature films"Hollywood veteran Ken Rotcop is the Master Pitchmeister. His sometimes dramatic, sometimes hilarious collection of personal anecdotes will lead you through all aspects of a life well-lived."Marlene McGarry, co-author of Living the Blues: The Story of Canned Heat